 Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and sunny glade amid the wood, And in the midst an aged Banian grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread. Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And...  The Curse of Kehama - Page 4by Robert Southey - 1811Full view - About this book
 | William Tayler - 1881 - 594 pages
...or two of these celebrated word-painters. " Southey in his ' Curse of Kehama,' thus writes : — ' 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...sunny glade amid the wood, And in the midst an aged banyan grew ; 'Twas a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, Far o'er the lawn irregularly spread... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 418 pages
...convey water. Lat. aqua, "water," and ductum, "to lead." ob-liqud-ly (-lelt-), aslant. THE BANYAN TREE. 'TWAS a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...sunny glade amid the wood, And in the midst an aged Banyan grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread,... | |
 | Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 412 pages
...single banyan. The Muse of Southey has never been more happily employed than in its description. " It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn irregularly spread Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head : And many a long depending... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1884 - 586 pages
...Hope we have none : why travel on in fear ? We cannot fly from Fate, and Fate will find us here." 6. 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...goodly sight to see That venerable tree ; For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head ; And many a long, depending... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1884 - 212 pages
...convey water. Lat. aqua, " water," and ductum, "to lead." ob-lique'-ly (-lek-), aslant. THE BANYAN TREE. 'TWAS a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...sunny glade amid the wood, And in the midst an aged Banyan grew. It was, a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread,... | |
 | Emily Raymond - 1885 - 162 pages
...wonderful Banyan tree of the banks of the Nerbudda." Southey finely describes it in these words: " It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head ; And many a long dependent... | |
 | Michigan State Horticultural Society - 1887 - 616 pages
...poetical description of one of these trees in his Curse •of Kehama, a part of which I will read. 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...sunny glade amid the wood And in the midst an aged Banyan grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree ; For o'er the lawn irregularly spread,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 pages
...fly, Upward the lengthening pageantries aspire, Leaving from Earth to Heaven a widening wake of fire. Twas a. fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending... | |
 | Alan Walters - 1892 - 340 pages
...Southey's description of the banyan tree in "The Curse of Kehama" is very fine and true to nature : — It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head; And many a long depending... | |
 | Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1088 pages
..."Their greatest enemy (ir of the buildings) is the Banyan-Tree."—^. Valentia, i. 396. 1810.— " In the midst an aged Banian grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending... | |
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